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...next year Douglas married Mercedes Hester Davidson, divorced wife of a former Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Mercedes had been his research assistant, even attended auto mechanics school to learn how to change tires and spark plugs on their faraway trips. But for all of that, something was amiss. Two weeks ago, Mercedes won an uncontested divorce on grounds of cruelty (TIME, Aug. 9). Five days later, Bill Douglas, 64, and Joan Martin, 23, were married; the following day, Mercedes married her third husband, Washington Lawyer Robert B. Eichholz...
Princely Aloofness. Even at his age, Hilton is very much in command of his empire and often seems to have more energy than his younger colleagues. He regularly scans reports from each hotel and reads complaints that guests send in. If he sees something amiss, a hotel manager somewhere will get a quick telephone call from Hilton. Recently Hilton launched a big drive to make Hilton employees more courteous to guests, had behind-the-scenes spots in Hilton hotels plastered with posters that asked: "Have you smiled today? It's bound to give you a lift...
...Bishop Lichtenberger thought, were three collects from the Book of Common Prayer. Among the readings: a venerable (1667) prayer for the church that asks God to fill it with truth: "Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, establish it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite...
...them by running two or three miles"), the tenacious Air Force major was belatedly-and perhaps only temporarily-grounded by an Air Force medical board last week. The decision was clearly motivated more by fear of bad publicity if Slayton's flight should go amiss than by doubts over his capacity, and understandably left the astronaut "damned disappointed." Sympathized his replacement, Navy Lieut. Commander Scott Carpenter, 36: "I hate to be part of such a disappointment to Deke...
These figures clearly indicate something amiss...